historically

Etymology
or

Adverb

 * 1) In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.
 * Historically speaking, this company has always collected payment before starting work.
 * Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically.
 * 1) According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.
 * Historically, this company collected payment before starting work.
 * 1) To an unprecedented or extremely rare degree.

Usage notes
Historically serves as the adverb for both and. Thus, the distinction that is often made between these two adjectives (see the usage notes there) is lost for the adverb.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Azerbaijani: tarixən
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * Galician: historicamente
 * Georgian: ისტორიულად
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: historisk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: tarihen